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Markus Zusak

Three Wild Dogs and the Truth

Markus Zusak

$36.99

Hardback

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English
Picador
10 September 2024
Memoirs; Animals & society; Dogs as pets; Biography - Australian

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- What is it about our companion animals that fosters such a sense of love – and sometimes less easily dealt-with emotions?

In this tender book, Zusak tells of the chaos and consequences of rescuing the almost-unlovable dogs his family have lived with. There’s Reuben the indestructible, Archer the devious, and Frosty the monster.

Each of them have been agents of change and calamity, but with humour, canine joy and intelligence, and ultimately the greatest devotion. Written from the heart, this will illicit great fellow-feeling in other dog-people – and maybe cat-people will also understand! Lindy

There's a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us. It's love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things...
What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs - Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?

The answer can only be chaos: there are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property trashing, bodily injuries, stomach pumping, purest comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that needs to be seen to be believed ... not to mention the odd police visit at some ungodly hour of the morning.

There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love - and the joy and recognition of family.

From one of the world's great storytellers comes a tender, motley and exquisitely written memoir about the human need for both connection and disorder; but it's also a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty - but also the visceral truth of the natural world - straight to our doors and into our lives, and change us forever.
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Imprint:   Picador
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 143mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   368g
ISBN:   9781761561825
ISBN 10:   1761561820
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Markus Zusak is the international bestselling author of six novels, including The Messenger, Bridge of Clay and The Book Thief - one of the most loved books of the twenty-first century and a New York Times bestseller for more than a decade. His work is translated into more than fifty languages, and has been awarded numerous honours around the world, ranging from literary prizes to bookseller and readers choice awards. His books have also been adapted into film, television and theatre. He was born in Sydney, and still lives there with his wife, two children, and the last dog standing in a once thriving household of animals. Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) is his first book of non-fiction.

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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- What is it about our companion animals that fosters such a sense of love – and sometimes less easily dealt-with emotions?

In this tender book, Zusak tells of the chaos and consequences of rescuing the almost-unlovable dogs his family have lived with. There’s Reuben the indestructible, Archer the devious, and Frosty the monster.

Each of them have been agents of change and calamity, but with humour, canine joy and intelligence, and ultimately the greatest devotion. Written from the heart, this will illicit great fellow-feeling in other dog-people – and maybe cat-people will also understand! Lindy


  • Long-listed for ABDA Book Design Awards Best Designed Nonfiction Cover 2025
  • Short-listed for ABIA General Non-fiction Book of the Year 2025 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for Indie Book Awards Non-Fiction 2025 (Australia)

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